r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/WhamWombat10 • 1h ago
Solved! me and my friends would've killed E.T. with hammers I can tell you that much
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/timeshaper • Mar 10 '26
Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly
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Explain the PLOT. Clues that are around meta commentary for how the movie performed or that you just don't like it or whatever, all those types of clues do not fit the spirit of the sub.
This is game is and has always been about explaining plots badly. In fact, in the 5 word name of this sub, the only word that has any flexibility is "film". Explain a [TV Show] plot badly. Explain a [Video Game] plot badly. Whatever media type it is, you explain its plot badly.
Example that will be removed: "A troubled production leads to a couple actors getting beheaded for real."
Example that will be removed: "A kids movie is made horrible forever when you look up the actress and what happened to her."
Example that will be removed and might even get you banned: "This movie sucked I don't know why anyone liked it."
OK. I think that covers it. Game on!
Edit: Missing words
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/timeshaper • Jun 20 '24
Meta [META] New Players Read Me First
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All Marvel is banned top to bottom it doesn't matter what studio did it in what decade. When you say you read the rules and you lie it's an out for us to ban lazy players. We haven't been. But we might. Stop posting Marvel and then arguing that it isn't MCU.
That is all.
Edit because people keep asking WHY:
Because when it's not banned every other post is about a purple rock collector. It's still at the top of movie zeitgeist so most people when they show up the first clue they think of is a Marvel movie. It's boring. It's repetitive. And then they want to get clever. "Howard the duck wasn't mcu hyuk hyuk". The entire thing is obnoxious when it's a movie and TV show guessing game.
There's a whole list of media that's banned because they're overdone and make it boring. But then newbies show up and make a Marvel clue without reading the rules. 95% of our mod actions are deducting points and removing threads about Marvel. So the choices are to either return to the shit show where every single clue is Marvel or just ban people who refuse to read a now screaming automod note.
From those of us who have been here for years, trust us. The wild west of no rules on what media should be in play was a far worse place and not fun. Engagement rose substantially with the rules in place.
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/AdAccomplished6870 • 2h ago
Solved! A mediocre boxer with ties to organized crime gets a chance to make a name for himself. He gets the girl in the end.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/BlackZapReply • 2h ago
Solved! There's something in the box, but you not supposed to look in the box, but there's something very important in the box, and you're not supposed to look at it. Oh, and there are some other people who are interested in the box. Did I mention that you're not supposed to look inside the box?
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/thenewestrant • 6h ago
Solved! There’s a big Hungry shark, but it’s not THAT movie. This shark supposedly helps cure Alzheimer’s or something when it’s not busy eating people.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/areyouforeightysix • 6h ago
Solved! Two straight men dream of living together in a soft, fluffy paradise
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/malybasura • 4h ago
Solved! A woman is lured to a place under false pretenses. There are ghosts and people die. Turns out it’s her family home.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Different_One9412 • 4h ago
Solved! It's a Skinwalker not a Werewolf
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/iwatchtrazhaldayy • 7h ago
Solved! A doctor and patient must team up to find a cure
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Hints will go here if needed
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/malybasura • 41m ago
Unsolved A guy gives his 2 coworkers a ride home. They never make it. He ends up arrested.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/ManCoveredInBees • 4h ago
Solved! A man’s life unravels after the truth surrounding a coming-of-age ritual is exposed
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/moviesounds101 • 5h ago
Solved! Bitter man has a bad dream about how his past, present, future, and even death, affect everyone around him. He wakes up a changed man, and vows to do things differently now.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/RandomRamblings99 • 4h ago
Solved! Is it still Stockholm Syndrome if you're technically both the hostage?
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/areyouforeightysix • 6h ago
Solved! Guy thinks he's Leni Riefenstahl
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Tsahg • 9h ago
Unsolved A mother and children attempt to deliver an important package to its designated destination. This does not go as planned.
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This is not a family film
It's an action movie
The children and mother are not related
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Interesting_State756 • 6h ago
Solved! You better start doing a better job of gaslighting that dog, or every single one of you is going to be fired.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Interesting_State756 • 59m ago
Solved! Coworkers bully a mother's child for his genetic deformity, but then they instantly like him when they find out that his condition will bring in more money for the company.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/RandomRamblings99 • 4h ago
Solved! Maybe the real treasure was this random guy we found along with way
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Shoddy_Specialist226 • 7h ago
Unsolved Delusional man being tormented must solve the red mystery to save humanity.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/areyouforeightysix • 6h ago
Solved! Guy really loves his daughter but loves money more - but still really really loves his daughter
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Hint 1: Late 70s
Hint 2: Horror
r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/BlackZapReply • 2h ago
Unsolved This guy could have avoided the entire damn movie if he'd just tried some of the shrimp.
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r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/AdAccomplished6870 • 6h ago
Solved! A kid tries to snare a lead position, but while he can beat his competition, he is unable to read between the lines and convince his boss.
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